I continue to learn so much as I get further along in reading Ben Horowitz’s The hard thing about hard things.
Ben describes an interview with a candidate whom he was looking to hire for the role of head of Sales.
Feedback is essential for learning. While building products, we seek feedback from our users to know what they think and where we can improve. As employees, we seek feedback from our mentors and our managers. As students, we seek feedback from our peers and our teachers.
I’ve always had a tough time making big decisions, and what Benjamin Franklin had to say about it made perfect sense — to let the rational mind kick in and to consider the entirety of the picture at one go rather than in pieces as I do normally, where one set of arguments make perfect sense…
There are two ways that we can explain the situation that we are in. The situation can be anything from not being promoted at work to not making progress on a goal to not being able to find a solution to a problem.
Rocket ships are marvelous objects of engineering. They are perfectly crafted to have absolutely aero-dynamic to have minimal friction as they shoot up into the sky, to carry enough fuel whose containers fall off in stages so that there is no dead weight dragging down the part of the rocket that needs to…
Last week, I wrote about how we ought to utilize optimistic and pessimistic feelings to our benefit. To recap, if feeling optimistic makes you lethargic, laid back and over-confident, be pessimistic. And if being pessimistic makes you anxious and panic, then be optimistic.
Going out on our own in a new city with and without Google Maps.
Landing up in a new city with or without a hotel reservation.
Going into a movie theatre having watched the trailer and read the reviews or just turning up knowing nothing.
Is it always good to be optimistic? After all, optimism gives us confidence and hope and can prevent us from shying away from things we ought to pursue. If we aren’t optimistic that an action we are taking will bring about the desired consequences, then we will only do it half-heartedly…
When I look through my closet, I can find things that I own but haven’t used in over six months, or sometimes even a year. Often, when I come across such a something, I just throw it out. But, I know many people that don’t throw it out.
This past week, as I was traveling, I had two days when I woke up before sunrise.
The first day was so that I could visit the Angkor Wat before sunrise in order to watch the sun rise from behind the temple. It is one of the most beautiful sights. This viewing of the sunrise was followed by a…